When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

I'd like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.

I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career. Not only are they just great, nice guys; they're some of the best musicians you're likely to find. They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It's amazing.

As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.

Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.